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Definition of puss noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

puss

noun
 
/pʊs/
 
/pʊs/
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  1. (especially British English) used when you are calling or talking to a cat
    • Where are you, puss?
  2. (especially North American English, informal) a person’s face or mouth
    3. Word Originearly 16th cent.: probably from Middle Low German pūs (also pūskatte) or Dutch poes, of unknown origin.
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